Ready to let your imagination run wild? Join mixed media artist Judith Cassel-Mamet and find out how to create your own personalized art journal to record both your everyday and extraordinary experiences. Discover easy techniques and simple, portable tools that will help you activate your pages, turning them into inspiring platforms for creative expression using color, design, found objects, text and more.
Meet Judith Cassel-Mamet, who begins class by introducing her philosophy on journaling, then goes over what you'll need to get started and shows you how to make two kinds of journals.
Take a look at various preparation techniques to make your journals more vibrant. See how to activate blank pages with color, design and even some everyday beverages such as coffee and wine.
Judith shows you how to use text in a variety of ways, from design elements to headers to accents. Plus, get tips on how to make your writing more artistic and calligraphic.
Judith shares tips for creating meaningful pages by sketching your surroundings. Discover a few techniques that will simplify your sketches, then find out how to use your camera as a helpful guide.
In this final lesson, explore simple techniques for organizing, placing and securing ephemera, as well as for layering objects and materials such as chalk and watercolor. And, find out how to add your personal flair to journal spines and covers.